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19 books

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

321 pages • hardcover • 1997

5.0jubee's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Princess Bride

William Goldman

456 pages • paperback • 1973

5.0jubee's review
fiction classics fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur by Damien Lewis, Halima Bashir

Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur

Damien Lewis, Halima Bashir

316 pages • 2008

5.0jubee's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional slow-paced
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates

416 pages • digital • 2019

5.0jubee's review
fiction historical literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike by John Desantis

The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike

True Crime

John Desantis

176 pages • 2016

5.0jubee's review
nonfiction history true crime challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

316 pages • digital • 2017

5.0jubee's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

Under the Udala Trees

Chinelo Okparanta

320 pages • digital • 2015

5.0jubee's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

320 pages • digital • 2020

5.0jubee's review
fiction historical horror mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Life and Death in Nyamata: Memoir of a Young Boy in Rwanda's darkest Church by Omar Ndizeye

Life and Death in Nyamata: Memoir of a Young Boy in Rwanda's darkest Church

Omar Ndizeye

96 pages • paperback • 2019

5.0jubee's review
reflective sad fast-paced